The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-07-30


George Stephenson was once asked
by scientific lady what he considered
the most powerful force In nature.
''Oh." said he in gallant spirit. IL
will soon answer that question; IL Is
the eye Of the woman for the man who
loves her; for II woman look with
affection on young man, and he
should 90 10 the uttermost ends OF the
earth, the recollection Of that look will
bring him back There Is no other
force In nature that can do that.
Equally ready with similitude was
the negro, who, when giving evidence
In court, was asked about the honesty
of neighbour. II know nothing
against him." was the reply; 'but IL /
was 4 chicken / would roost high when
he was hanging around"
A thoughtful writer describes one
eyed travellers who see great deal Of
some particular class of objects and
are blind TO all others, and adds:
The Irish jaunting car, in which the
passengers sit back TO back, is sort
Of type of what befalls many tourists
in Ireland. Each sees great deal,
and reports faithfully what he has
seen on one side of the road, and the
other on the other. One will have
seen all that is green, and the other
all that Is orange"
"A cunning knave can form no no.
ton of nobler nature" says the same
writer. ''He il like the goats on Rob
inson Crusoe's island. which saw clear
ly everything below them, but very
imperfectly what was above them, so
that Robinson could never get at them
from the valleys; but when he came
upon them from the hilltop, he took
them quite by surprise"
Ridicule, says German critic, Is
like blow with the fist; wit, IKE the
prick of needle; irony. like the sting
of thorn; and humor, the plaster
which heals all these wounds. All of
these qualities may be found insome
metaphors.
Man Is said To be an animal that has
mania for getting up societies and
making himself president. IL the pres
idency has been already claimed. he
contents himself with the position Of
treasurer. In cynical old bachelors
opinion, ideas are like beards-men
only get them when they are grown
up, and women never have any. IL
was probably another old bachelor
who said: mature shudders when
she sees woman throw stone; but
when a woman attempts 90 split wood,
Nature covers her head and retires TO
dark and Wondering cave in tenn
porary despair A spinster says old
bachelors are frozen-out old gardeners
in the fiower-bed of love.
To say that a coquette is a rose-bush
from which each young beau plucks a
leaf, and the thorns are left for the
husband, is not very complimentary.
Compliments are the coin that people
pay man To his aace; sarcasm what
they pay him ont with behind his
back.
A farmer said: Zone thing / don't
like about city folks they be- either so
stuck up that yer can't reach 'cm with
haystack pole, or SO blamed friendly
that they forget To pay their board.
A rural old poet said of his lady love.
"She is graceful as water-lily. while
her breath is like an armful of clover. y
An American poet wrote "A eulogy OF
Washington, whose glorious life should
compose volume rs Alps immortal.
spotless as its SHOWS. The stars should
be its types, its press the age, the earth
its binding. and the sky It's page.
Truly. some American poets go in for
marvels of metaphor. Chambers Jour
nat